Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-06
LABOR DAY.
Thousands OF Bread Winners In the
Great Cities OF the North Oh
serve the DGYo
The Red Flag Is Carried In Line in the Pa
rade in New York CitJ-Incidents
of the Day.
Al DETENIT

DETROIT, MICH, Sept. 5.-Most Of fac
tories and shops are closed to-day ID
give the employees sn opportunity to par
ticipate in the celebration of labor Day.
Delegations are present from Cleveland,
Toledo, London, Ontario, sud from many
points in Michigan and will march in the
procession. The weather is good and
everything is moving eff pleasantly. The
procession il the largest OF the kind ever
seen in the city. Nearly all branches +
business being represented.
IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sept. -Lsbor day being
8 legal holiday all the down town eX
change banks, bankers and brokers'
offices were closed Many other business
houses also closed up for the day, but
some had to remain open. The courts
and public departments were closed, and
the business of the municipal department
was at s standstill. Flags f0ated from
many buildings throughout the city in
| honor of the day, and the streets were
! thronged with people from an early hour.
! The labor parade was the feature o. the
day. Fully 10000 people, belonging to
nearly every trade organization, were IN
line. John Morrison, s carpenter and
master workman OF the Knights Of Labor,
| was grand marshal
IL the ranks were printing presses in
operation, bakers ovens in full blast a
large number of sailing boats fully
equipped and 8 group of cigarette manu-
| factOry girls. At Union Square the pro
cessior was reviewed 10y Henry George,
| S. L. SheyitCh, socialist editor, and 9th
ers General Master Workman POWderly,
who was expected, do not appear. Not
Withstendiug the taDooiDg of the red ti.g,
there were many OF them in the line, but
the red II each case was relieved by col
ors less suggestive, which in letters Of
gold told which labor organization was
csrryi3g it. Many of the organiI atoms
were uniformed and some of them had
badges. The procession wendell its way
up Fifth avenue TO Forty second street
where it disbended. The remainder Of
the day was spent in social enjoyment.
The day WAS also appropriately OBJ
served n Brooklyn. The public build
ing and departments were al closed.
They were not however deliberately dec
Grated with hags. The trade organiza-
tions wore some insignia representing
their profession.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Sept. > The celebration OF
Iaborer's holiday to-day promises TO be
the most successful yet held here. 4 { al
early hour men IN the undress uniform:
Of their respective orders, organizations
and societies began 10 assemble at their
rendezvous for psrsdeI and the streets
through which the procession was to pas!
were packed with large thrOngs OF sieht
seers Manufacturing and building opera
tons were generally suspended for the "a.
. and the desire TO make the dag memor
a0le one was generally evinCed. NeGrl,
I every labor OrganlI itiOn in the city wa
! represented in the line OF march, wnicl
: was gey with appropriate banners ant
, notices, and musical with strains C
> countless bands. 1t was estimated tina
from %, 900 to 30, 900 participated in tn
= parade.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, PENN, Sep. ) .-LabO
: day, although not legal holiday in thi
state was generally observed. There WIS
no general parade but two monster pic
MICS were he'd at Rising Sun and Pas
+ Times parks and thousands Of toilers en-
v ioyed al sorts Of sport.
n AT BOSTON.
B0sToN, MASS, Sept. An aIm0s
general suspension Of business, q larg
. influx CT suburban visitors and g gree
r procession of workingmen msrke
h the celebration Of "Labor Day
r in this city. The procession was muc
larger one than in the celebration las
. year In the parade o-dsy the ms crit
q were trades unionists, while last yes
8 they were chiefly Knights of Labor.